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SEPTIMUS WINNER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WINNER &CO., OF SAME PLACE.

lNSTPtUCTlNG-SCAL FORI PIANOS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 4 l ,013, datedDecember 2Q, 1863.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEPTrMUs X'VINNEE, ot' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented an Improved Instructing-Scale, which I have denominated aKey-Board Scaleforthe Piano and Melodeon and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

My iiventicn consists of aseries ot' strips,

of wood orother suitable material, adapted to the keys of a pianoforteor other like keyed instrument, as hereinafter described, a scale ofnotes with appropriate letters being printed or otherwise marked on thesaid strip or strips l in such a position as to coincide with, or be injuxtaposition to, those keys orA the instrument which are represented bythe said notes and i letters, for the purpose specified hereinafter.

In order 'to enable others to carry out my invention, I will now proceedto describe the l manner et' applying the same. K

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form apart ot' thisspecification,

Figures 1,2, 3, and 4 are views illustrating my improvedinstructing-scale in several secl tions; and Fig. 5 is a sectionaldiagram representing the manner of applying the sections to a piano,melodeon, or other like keyed instrument. A, Fig. 5, represents theupper edge of a white key; B, that of one ot' the black keys, and U a,section of the vertical board in a piano, from beneath which the keysproject, D being my instructing-scale as it appears in section.

In the present instance my key-board scale is represented as consistingof four sections, each section being composed of a strip of wood, on thefront of which is pasted paper, and on thelatter are printed, orotherwise marked, the notes and letters representing those keys of thepiano to which the section has to be applied.

Each strip or section terminates at the lower edge in a series ofprojections which rest upon the white keys of the instrument,

l the white keys may be provided with pieces j of felt, so as to obviatethe disagreeable rattling of the keys against the sections.

It will be observed ont, reference to the diagram, Fig. 5, that thefront face of the scale vis inclined toward its upper edge in order thatthe printed characters thereon maybe more easily distinguished by theplayer. Adjacent to each note is printed the appropriate letter, andfrom each note to the lower edge of the projection extends a dottedline. The l properl position of one ot' the sections being determined,it is placed upon the keys at the rear of the same and directly int'ront of the l board C, against which the vertical rear ot' the sectionrests. As each section is numbered, it will be seen that when the properposition upon the keys of one has been determined,that ot` the otherswill be evident.

All ot'the sections having been thus placed in their proper positionsupon the keys, the pupil as he strikes each white key will follow l withhis eyes the direction of that dotted line ot' the scale which coincideswith the key i struck until they rest upon the note and letter withwhich the dotted line coincides.

The letters and signs corresponding to the elevated black keys ot'thepiano being printed directly over the recesses made for the receptionot' these keys,thelatter and their representative marks are in suchclose proximity that the pupil cannot see one without perceiving theother. It will thus be seen that, l by the use of my improved scale, thekeys of l the piano and the notes, which, by their vari- I ous positionson the stave, represent the said j keys, and also thecorrespondingletters, will be constantly presented in juxtaposition to ieach other to the scholars view, in whose mind each key and itsrepresentative marks will thus become permanently associated tof gether.i By making the scale in sections and adapting` these sections to andarranging them to irest on the keys in the manner ldescribed, l they canloe readily applied to the instrument l and as readily removed from thesame when desired.

I am aware that a scale has been heretofore l secured to a piano in sucha position that the l marks on the said scale shall serve to guide l thepupil in manipulating the keys.

I therefore do not desire to claim, broadly, name to this specificationin the presence of such a device, but I limit my claim to and detwosubscribing Witnesses.

site to secure Letters Patent fors i, 1

The Within-described scale madein sections bEPTI'MUb WINNER' and formedfor resting on the keys, as set forth,

fitnessesz for` the purpose specified. WM. R. SMITH,

In testimony whereof I have signed my*l THOMAS SMITH.

